Based in:
Brisbane QLD
Line up(s) available: solo
Ruby Rowat - Swinging Trapeze Artist
Ruby's integrity to the art & virtuosity of circus distinguishes every performance.
Her swinging trapeze act created with master coaches & designers of Cirque du Soleil,has inspired artists & audiences around the globe:
- a coveted bronze at China's Wuquiao Acrobatic Festival
- silver at Festival
- Mundial do Circo do Brasil
- Rave reviews at Cirkus Prinsessan in Stockholm
- Belgium's La Piste aux Espoirs
- Cirque de Demain in Paris, and the Tasmania Circus Conference.
Ruby's love of partner work comes across in the playful mastery of trust & precision timing in her duo trapeze act. Her new solo act"Fight de la Vie" emits bravery and power whilst touching the audience with its a ritual & sensuality. Spectacularly high above, performing impossible pirouettes, her bold spirit connects straight to the heart of her audience.
Now based in Brisbane, Ruby has worked performing, rigging, & creating worldwide: Cirque Eloize & Medrano- Italy, Cirque du Soleil, Circus Oz- NYC Broadway, Linhas Aereas- Brazil, Circ Cric- Spain, LasVegas Circus-Japan, Wayne McCary Circus- USA, Cirque leMasque- Greece, Silvers Circus- Australia, + international corporate, cabaret, festival, & xmas gala appearances!
Media Reviews and Critiques (chronological)
El Punt, Barcelona. 12 Nov 2007
"...the flower in the cap f the show [Circ Cric] is when all the troupe sings a folkloric song, re-calling a gypsy circus image during one of the top acts of the whole show: that of trapeze artist Ruby Rowat, who presents a remarkable aerial performance including a sensational double pirouette." (Marcel Barrera, 12 Nov 2007)
( "en què es donen cops de paella al cap, o quan canta amb la resta de la troupe una cançó ètnica –en una imatge que recorda el circ francès Romanès– durant un dels números de més alt nivell de tota la funció: el de la trapezista Ruby Rowat, que presenta un notable número d'altura, amb una doble pirueta sensacional.")
The Age:
Newcomers who add to the fast-moving, free-wheeling show are Canadian Ruby Rowat, whose trapeze act is particularly fluid and graceful... (9 June 2006, Jim Murphy)
Terminal City Weekly, Canada:
" ...the trapeze woman, Ruby Rowat, who plays Princess Elektra, has muscles out to here and ...she's pretty cute. ...It would be very romantic.” (Alan Hindle, 9 July 2004)
Vancouver Courrier:
" Ruby Rowat plays a pointy-boobed Electra with plenty of attitude. " (Jo Ledingham, 7 July 2004)
Ballet-Dance Magazine; New Victory Theater/New York:
"Then there’s the captivating Ruby Rowat, who sweeps out over the audience on her trapeze, touching the ceiling with her toes; she dangles precariously from one foot and then flips in mid-air only to grab her trapeze at the last second. She literally makes you stop breathing!" (Emily Klemmer, 21 December 2003)
The Dance Insider, NYC:
"...Ruby Rowat rushes past us with wilful abandon on her swinging trapeze. I can't wait to bring my daughter to the New Vic during its 10-year anniversary season to instil images of flying bodies..." (Maura Nguyen Donohue, 15 December 2003)
North Shore News, Canada:
"..., but it was Ruby Rowat who had us on the edge of our seats with her solo trapeze act." (Martin Millerchip, 28 August 1998)
The Vancouver Province:
"Ruby Rowat's trapeze act is a crowdpleaser as the Vancouver native sweivels & twists in her aviatrix outfit, hanging from the bar by toes, heels & knees." (Damian Inwood, 3 September 1998)
North Shore News, Canada:
"..., but it was Ruby Rowat who had us on the edge of our seats with her solo trapeze act." (Martin Millerchip, 28 August 1998)
The Georgia Straight, Vancouver, Canada:
"Ruby Rowat's work on the swinging trapeze made me whoop with pleasure and fear. And I liked the fact that Rowat adopts a dashing, leather-goggled aviator persona that helps inflect her work with dreamy lyricism." (Colin Thomas, 27 August 1998)
Expressen, Stockholm:
"Powerful, [Rowat] swings up in her trapeze, throws herself backwards to hang by her knees. In the next second, her whole body is outstretched, the only part of her body touching the trapeze is the top of her feet. ...one of the few chosen among many applicants to perform in this year's Cirkus Prinsessan Festival." (Sara Larsson, 16 April 1998)
San Francisco Bay Guardian:
"By the time she slid back to earth, the crowd was deliriously, besottedly, hers ... In the end, Ruby ... was the highlight of Friday's World Cycle Messenger Championship closing party." (Neva Chonin, 3 September 1996)
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